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Q78445: Using MS-DOS with Pacific Rim External Drives

Article: Q78445
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 
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SUMMARY
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Pacific Rim Systems has confirmed that MS-DOS 5.0 and later may incorrectly
attempt to format a 3.5-inch disk as a 5.25-inch disk on their external floppy
disk drives for the IBM PS/2 series of computers.

A possible solution to this problem is to use the MS-DOS DRIVPARM command and the
DRIVER.SYS utility.

MORE INFORMATION
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To set the disk drive characteristics with the DRIVPARM command, add the
following line to the CONFIG.SYS file:

  drivparm= /d:x /f:y

(where x is the physical drive number and y is the drive type).

See page 455 of the version 5.0 "Microsoft MS-DOS User's Guide and Reference" for
correct drive type information for your floppy disk drive. Information for
version 6.0 and later is in online Help.

If the DRIVPARM command does not solve the problem, install DRIVER.SYS in the
CONFIG.SYS file, as follows:

  device=<path>\driver.sys /d:1 /n /f:1

where <path> is the location of the DRIVER.SYS file.

See page 602 of the version 5.0 "Microsoft MS-DOS User's Guide and Reference" for
more information about DRIVER.SYS. Information for version 6.0 and later is in
online Help.

The product included here is manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we
make no warranties, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance
or reliability.

Additional query words: 6.22 5.00 6.00 6.20 3rdparty

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600 kbMSDOS500 kbMSDOS500a
Version           : MS-DOS:5.x,6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22

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